This Is My Planet - Chapter 97 - Chapter 97 – War Begins
In the midst of such a major event, the reason why Xia Guixuan could talk nonsense with Ling Moxue was, of course, because – this was not his real body at all, but just a split soul.
His main body had always been by Yan Wuyue’s side, observing her set up defenses, and knowing every twist and turn of any event.
Multitasking like this, with each fragment of his soul being his consciousness, wasn’t an autonomous action of his clones.
Multitasking was already basic practice for those in the Wu Xiang and even Qian Yuan cultivation realms. If a Tai Qing immortal wished, he could be omnipresent and omniscient, analyzing the prayers of billions of believers and responding to each one differently. Within the scope of a planetary system or even across several minor dimensions, there would be no problem for him, it was just a matter of willingness.
However, this might be impossible on a stellar system scale, let alone the entire universe, as the universe is too vast.
Space, like time, is one of the most formidable Daos. When the concept of “large” reaches an infinite degree, it is a terrifying thing. Most people couldn’t even comprehend the idea, let alone realize what infinity was, it was difficult to even imagine.
Xia Guixuan did not believe in the notion of creating and destroying multiverses with a single thought. He felt that even the Wu Shang beings couldn’t achieve that; they should consider destroying a single universe before thinking about multiverses…
Getting off track, anyway, handling multiple souls across thousands of miles and dealing with multiple matters simultaneously was a breeze for him.
However, compared to the splendid performance of the split souls, his main body was rather inconspicuous, merely observing others’ defense arrangements without offering any constructive suggestions.
Because he simply couldn’t understand modern military defenses…
He understood warfare with cold weapons, but this modern technological warfare was useless even if he played games… It was fortunate that he had played the game before, so he at least knew quite a few types of firearms and models of combat suits. Otherwise, he would have been completely bewildered. Now, at least he could understand some arrangements and their rationale, making some progress…
He also saw some other military equipment, roughly evaluating why humans and divine descendants could have such back-and-forth battles.
For example, the submarine used to pick up Yan Wuyue earlier had a very special forging material, coupled with energy shields and waveband manipulation, if commanded properly, it could withstand attacks from Qian Yuan cultivators. Similarly, its offensive capabilities could also pose a threat to Qian Yuan cultivators.
Of course, when it came to “withstanding attacks,” it didn’t mean it could just take hits without damage, and when it came to “posing a threat,” it wasn’t just about blindly bombarding. Dealing with different attacks required different responses, and launching an offensive against the opponent’s defenses required a highly experienced commander.
But this was already an extremely terrifying war machine; if both land and air had similar armaments, as long as there was tacit understanding and no intervention from Wu Xiang cultivators or warships, a stalemate for several decades wouldn’t be unusual.
It could also be seen that these things were difficult to build, with scarce raw materials and complex energy sources. It might take several years to build one, and even longer for warships. Training qualified operators was also very troublesome, and finding a commander who could properly coordinate land, air, and sea operations was even rarer. Without qualified personnel, even the strongest military preparations were just scrap iron.
This kind of warfare model of humans placed too much demand on commanders, and the value of individual heroes was much smaller, only serving as special forces for special tasks. And if you didn’t have enough strength to even react while operating a vehicle, then it was useless, so genetic evolution was necessary.
Divine descendants, on the other hand, didn’t have a strong need for such commanders. Their individual strength was much stronger, much more flexible, and each one was a boss.
That’s why Gongsun Jiu was considered a treasure, while Yan Wuyue was seen as not a big deal, even if she were to be excluded or even killed.
It was all determined by the nature of human warfare.
But in fact, someone like Yan Wuyue was also a treasure trove. Perhaps she couldn’t command a space battlefield, but she was very familiar with the battlefield on this planet.
Having fought countless battles on various planets over the past century, from a simple soldier in the women’s army to a planetary battlefield governor, in a face-to-face specific battlefield, Gongsun Jiu was nothing more than a child in front of her.
He watched as a line of defense that could only go back and forth with the Dragon Turtle was transformed into a steel city in just a few hours in Yan Wuyue’s hands.
And the reinforcements Yan Wuyue had previously requested also arrived one after another, various types of aircraft covering the sky densely, various heavy tanks, and war mechs, moving in.
……
Xia Guixuan watched with a bit of daze.
Strictly speaking, Xia Guixuan had seen “future wars” before.
As a traveler through time and space, he had experienced many dimensions. In fact, he had also seen firearms in magical worlds, technology trees driven by magical energy, and encountered so-called “interstellar merchants” traveling around in leap ships.
There were even interdimensional merchants who went to the Eastern Emperor Realm to sell things, but the timing was wrong, and they stumbled upon their own war and nearly got themselves killed. The things they sold were also a mishmash of random items, like the little fox selling potions as drinks, with hardly anything useful, all just for laughs.
But those warships and the like can all be explained by the concept of bombarding with magic weapons, just like many immortals make magic weapons into airships and fortresses, then clash with opponents. It’s actually similar.
Before understanding basic technology, it did indeed look similar—and the spacecraft of interstellar merchants actually incorporated many concepts from the realms of immortals, arcane arts, and magic; they were just a hodgepodge.
But now it was different. After understanding the basics, knowing that these fighter jets were not magical artifacts, and these mechs were not puppets, humans used their fragile selves to decipher the truths of the universe, creating things akin to those of the divine, to confront the unknowable dangers of the cosmos.
The frailer they were themselves, the greater their wisdom became.
This torrent of steel had taken him, this “ancient man,” almost two months to adapt to, and even today, he still wasn’t quite used to it.
But, it had to be said, it was quite exhilarating.
The thunderous roar of iron and fire could awaken the long-forgotten fervor in him, the inherent heroic spirit of men that had gradually faded amidst the solitary exploration of the immortal path.
At this moment, Yan Wuyue was especially beautiful.
She seemed to have forgotten the man who had once made her so cautious, not saying a word to Xia Guixuan, busy without a second’s rest.
The caution and repression in the capital had finally received the most fervent release on the battlefield. Her fiery red hair, fiery red battle attire, fiery red cape, under the setting sun, facing the twilight, she stared at the sword lights swarming towards the horizon.
This wasn’t a joke about playing with fire to challenge the nobility, because the divine descendants really were coming to attack.
The probing attack by the Dragon Turtle in the seas had originally served two purposes: first, to incite Yan Wuyue, or to sow discord and make humans destroy their own great wall of defense. The second was to attack, for the sake of the ancient ruins in this region, as the dragon turtle had already told Xia Guixuan.
When the news of Gongsun Jiu’s serious injury came, it was naturally a great opportunity for the divine descendants to attack. Without Gongsun Jiu’s overall coordination, the human war machine was like a core screw rusting, it would definitely be sluggish. If not now, then when?
Originally, Xia Guixuan had planned to go inside this large army of divine descendants with the dragon turtle, but halfway there, he saw countless streams of celestial light shooting out from the sea and colliding with Yan Wuyue’s defensive line in the blink of an eye.
The war had truly begun.
“They’re here.” Yan Wuyue’s eyes seemed to be ablaze. “Activate the anti-airwave defense network, prepare the photon cannons, and have the heavy assault tank battalion on standby!”
“Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!” Sword lights shot out, like a rain of ten thousand swords.
The human position promptly unfolded a gentle light net, catching the first wave of attacks.
At the same time, heavy artillery thundered, lasers shot out, and waves surged in the distant sea.
A cold chill spread from the sea, and in the blink of an eye, the waves turned into ice, spreading all the way to the land.
It could withstand energy, but not the frost and bone-chilling cold.
“Crack!” The gun barrels froze and cracked, splattering flesh and blood nearby.
Yan Wuyue unsheathed her longsword. “Original energy mechs, advance to the top of the coast! Survey team, watch out for possible earthquakes and adjust in time. Airborne combatants, cover me. Submarines, retreat. Wait for further instructions thirty miles to the five o’clock direction… Special forces, follow me!”
With her arrangements, it seemed as if a piece of land had risen from the sea, and a gigantic whale emerged, swallowing the sea in one gulp, while the earth roared.
Qian Yuan giant whale.
Yan Wuyue’s series of arrangements seemed to be targeted like a prophet.
Amidst the roar of artillery fire and the flaming sky, Yan Wuyue, with her sword and herself, leaped into the bloody mouth of the gigantic whale.